Corey Foster's mother sues Leake & Watts over his death

11:46 AM,
Dec. 5, 2012

Sheila Foster speaks at a press conference April 30 at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York in Queens about the death of her son Corey Foster, 16, who died at Leake & Watts in Yonkers on April 18 after being restrained by personnel.

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The mother of a teen who died in April after being restrained at a residential treatment facility in Yonkers filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility this morning.

Sheila Foster filed the suit against Leake & Watts on behalf of her 16-year-old son Corey Foster, who died April 18 after being restrained by four staffers.

"It was very emotional for me," Sheila Foster told The Journal News/LoHud.com after filing the suit with her lawyer, Jacob Oresky, in state Supreme Court in the Bronx. "It's tragic that I have to come out here and do this because there's no accountability for what they ...